There should be homework, and the time spent at home should not just be play. school should simulate real life situations. if you have a job and you are given an assignment with a deadline, you can't just put it off because you don't think its fair just because you want to go home and play, thats not how life works.

how old are you are you still in school i am more than half of your time in the day is spent at school its not just play its choirs and stuff if you are still in school man u are the biggest teachers pet ever if your not you must be a teacher and if your not a teacher then man your a guy that likes to see kids suffer

Since you have failed to really bring up any new arguments on the topic of "Should there be homework," I will just continue with my second rebuttal. (and I don't see why it is relevant to this debate round but I just graduated this last May)

I stand in negation of this topic for the fallowing three reasons:

I.What the Pro considers suffering compared to what real suffering is
II.Not everything can be taught in the classroom
III.Homework teaches time management skills

I.Pro's definition of suffering vs. actual suffering
The pro would have you believe that teachers give homework for one purpose to make students suffer (to endure death, pain, or distress). I think that saying students are suffering because of homework is pretty extreme. If you were to ask me, the people living on the streets, eating garbage, and begging for food and money, and who failed out of school because they never did homework assigned to them, are suffering. In four years of high school homework has never caused me to endure death, pain, or distress. Homework is a small price to pay to avoid ending up on the streets suffering.

II.Not everything can be taught in the classroom
You know the old saying "practice makes perfect." Just like anything else, if you want to succeed in academics then you have to practice. How this practice comes about changes with different cultures and different areas. For example, in Japan students go to school for much longer than public schools keep students here in the States, so that students can get the practice they need while they are in school. We just do it different here by allowing students the time to study and practice on their own through homework. Homework is beneficial because it simulates real life situations and creates responsibility. Which brings me to my last point.

III.Homework teaches time management skills.
Throughout life you have to balance your time according to your wants with your needs. Its just like with money, you can't buy something you want until you have bought everything you need. For most people, an education is a need, so homework would fall in the need category. Just because you would rather play than do homework it does not make it unfair that you should have to do the homework, that's just not how life works. Homework does not make it impossible for students to do what they want. Plenty of people, including myself, have graduated from school and have found time to do other activities as well.

For these three reasons, pro's suffering vs. actually suffering, not everything can be taught in the classroom, and homework teaches time management skills, I urge a vote for con.